Dennis Banks

Dennis Banks was a Native American activist, teacher, and author. He was a longtime leader of the American Indian Movement, which he co-founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1968 to represent urban Indians. He was a pre-eminent spokesman for Native Americans. His protests won government concessions and created national attention and sympathy for the oppression and deplorable endemic social and economic conditions for Native Americans.

12 April 1937

Born on the same birth date (12 April 1937): Igor Volk

Born on the same birth day (12 April): Akiyama Saneyuki • Alexander Ostrovsky • Anne of Austria, Landgravine of Thuringia • Art Alexakis • Bill Bryden • Edward Walter Maunder • Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford • George N. Briggs • Gervais Rufyikiri • Jean-François Paillard • Jordan Archer • Joseph Lanner • Keiko Fukuda • Klaus Tafelmeier • Lakshman Kadirgamar • Magnus Pääjärvi • Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington • Michał Życzkowski • Peter Safar • Robert Cliche • Ryan Kisor

Born in the same month (April 1937): Billy Dee Williams • Bob Luman • Charlie Thomas (musician) • Ferdinand Piëch • George Steele • Jean Redpath • Jean-Pierre Beltoise • Jiří Dienstbier • John White (footballer, born 1937) • Jordan Charney • Momo Kapor • Sandy Dennis • Sepp Mayerl • Sid and Marty Krofft • Victoria Glendinning